{"id":105935,"date":"2020-10-05T18:11:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T22:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=105935"},"modified":"2020-10-05T18:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T22:11:22","slug":"air-force-gets-to-have-longer-hair-now-with-tattoo-parlors-in-the-bx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105935","title":{"rendered":"Air Force gets to have longer hair. Now with tattoo parlors in the BX!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ninja thought you all would enjoy the news coming out of Big Blue last week.<\/p>\n

First, the Air Force put a tattoo joint on base<\/a>. In the BX. Yes, they take the Star Card. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n

Since the American Tattoo Society opened its latest studio in a storefront northeast of Las Vegas last month, a common reaction from passersby has been disbelief, its owner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s wild how many people walk by and they kind of look up and it\u2019s like, \u2018Holy … what am I looking at here?\u2019\u201d said Ryan Harrell, who owns the shop at the Nellis Air Force Base Exchange with his wife, Nicole. \u201c\u2019Is this really a tattoo shop inside the exchange?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, it is. And Military Star Cards are accepted at the store, which opened last month. Its grand opening celebration begins Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Though some U.S. bases have had visiting tattoo artists, the exchange\u2019s tattoo parlor appears to be the first of its kind. No other Army, Air Force, Navy or Marine exchange has operated or provided space for such a venture before, according to several exchange officials.<\/p>\n

Harrell hopes the Nellis location is the first of many on-base shops for his company and has sights set on Fort Bragg, just down the road from the couple\u2019s flagship studio in his hometown of Fayetteville, N.C., where they have run the All American Tattoo Convention for several years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don’t let it be said that the Air Force will limit its questionable idea<\/a>s to one per week…<\/p>\n

The Air Force is allowing both male and female airmen to wear their hair a bit longer.<\/p>\n

The service approved a revision to its dress and personal appearance regulations on Sept. 15, the latest in a series of changes made in effort to \u201cenhance inclusiveness\u201d while at the same time maintaining professional standards, the Air Force said in a news release Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Effective immediately, men are now approved to have hair 2 inches long from their scalp, a \u201chair bulk\u201d that is \u00be inch longer than previously allowed.<\/p>\n

The maximum length of women\u2019s hair has been increased from 3 \u00bd inches to 4 inches.<\/p>\n

In an additional change, men can have one front-to-back straight-line part \u2014 cut, clipped or shaved \u2014 on either side of their head above the temple. The part cannot be slanted or curved or exceed 4 inches in length or \u00bc inch in width.<\/p>\n

The Air Force also clarified that airmen can dye their hair any natural color, regardless the color of their own natural hair. It defines those colors as brown, blonde, brunette, natural red, black and gray.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, yes, “inclusiveness”. What group of men has close cropped hair kept out of the service? First week in basic we all get shaved down to skin, just like the other branches.<\/p>\n

We’ve never been the most professional branch with our lax grooming standards and terrible dress uniforms. Guess they’re just going whole hog on looking like slobs. Will this help retention or recruitment? I doubt it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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